Mastro Livi: Rasoio a Mano Libera di Damasco Ritorto - YouTube
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Great video, thanks for sharing this link!
Thanks, interestingly.:rock:
Very interesting. Thank you!
Mr. Livi's watch must really get dirty.:)
Excellent video. Learned a few new tricks - now I need to get out to the shop!
Thank you for sharing this - love it!
That was great, and I want to say congrats. :rock:
Gentlemen,
thank you very much indeed for your appreciation. I am very glad to know you liked my latest video about Mastro Livi.
Thanks to JMJones for sharing my video here.
Love his honing method... what a great example of a how there are a million ways to hone, as long as the result is good. I always cringe when I hear folks say there is only one way to do things.
Amazing video! I'm really impressed by what goes into making such a piece of art; and yet he makes it looks so simple.
Cheers.
Also the "hand strop" at the end was awesome.
Thanks. I think. I'm actively resisting the urge to spend income not yet earned. ;P
I just stumbled on a video by a SRP member showing the Hand Stropping technique: Straight Razor Hand Stropping - YouTube.
I'll PM him to see if he can enlighten us.
Cheers.
I personally find the hand stropping puts a really nice final polish on the edge that is even finer than that you can get off a strop, unless you have very rough palms ;)
It can also be handy travel strop.
Hand palm stropping is more effective than any strop of any type. I personally use this since many years and it also makes a very handy strop when you are traveling. Hand palm stropping gives the edge a better polishing and, like Mastro Livi says, it is our very personal strop we always carry with ourselves.
Mastro Livi always says hand palm stropping is superior than any strop. And I can tell this to be true as this is my favorite method of stropping since the days I started using a straight razor, about ten years ago.
Look at this Barber strop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tXN4...ature=youtu.be
Not to argue a fine point, but the SWEAT that your palms put out is 99% Water and 1% Salt not something that is good for steel, IE; stropping on the palm and then leaving it there is not good...
The OIL that you are perhaps referring to
Oil glands, or sebaceous glands, are found in the dermis layer, and are located all over the body except on the palms and soles. The glands are made of secrete sebum (mix of fats and proteins, and fragments of dead fat producing cells) that is used to prevent the skin or hair from drying. . Secrete sebum is forced out when the arrector pili muscles squeeze the sebaceous glands.
A branched type of acinar gland, the sebaceous glands exist in humans throughout the skin except in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. Sebaceous glands can usually be found in hair-covered areas, where they are connected to hair follicles. The glands deposit sebum on the hairs, and bring it to the skin surface along the hair shaft. The structure consisting of hair, hair follicle
Why do I even know this ????
Because if you handle a Sword or a Gun with your sweaty paws you will get a very unhappy owner, unless they know you are going to touch it and can wipe it off again with an oily rag of some sort...
So how is it that your hand can be a good strop with it being very not flat. and I very much agree(with Glen) having had a class in metallurgy. Clean and dry steel is happy steel.
And i have also been sitting at my desk at work for far to long. My spelling is now suffering.
His hands give 'hanging strop' a whole new meaning.
Hand stropping? Where's the wiki on this? Site please ;)
Seriously, I just tried it. It isn't easy with hot sweaty hands. Pretty sticky. Wonder what the SRP consensus on laps would be.
Oh yeah. Bout what Glen said about the guns, leaving your sweaties all over someone's beloved is worse than touching his wife.
Before storing, I always gently dry my razor with a towel without touching the edge and then finger dab mineral oil all on the blade. I highly recommend this practice.
Just finished. Thank you for sharing.
Of course salt is not good for steel, even though - at least in my case - I always wash my hands with soap before shaving and this certainly removes any salt or sweat from my hands. The fact however remains that sweat certainly is not good for steel.
However, there is also another fact remaining: hand palm stropping is very effective and it seems to give a better performing edge, or at least this is what I get.
To clear what I usually do better, I hand palm strop my razor before each pass then at the end of shaving, I clean the razor with water and wipe the blade with a towel without touching the edge. I also use toilet paper to remove any soap from the blade, once again, without touching the edge. After that I do another palm strop and then use a loom strop in order to make sure any water on the edge is completely removed.
Wow, thanks for all the replies guys! As I prefer to strop after the shave, I think I'll stick with the felt & leather strops and avoid any sweat-induced rust stains.
PS. Huge apology for hijacking the thread from the OP. Maybe a mod could split the thread in two accordingly?
Cheers.
@razorguy,
I tried it out today on a razor that I re-honed from a light 8K, 12K, 5 CrOx felt, 5CrOx leather, 50 or so leather strop, 10 on hand prior to first pass, 5-10 before second, 5-10 before 3rd, 4th and 5th passes(just kidding, only 3 passes)
It's hard to tell if there was any appreciable difference between my honing skills getting appreciably better and shaving skills improving, etc., .
Still, though, I had one of the best shaves to date. To be clear, I am *not* attributing the success to hand stropping.
I also use the hand while shaving and find it useful to keep the polished edge. In my opinion while shaving, there are other steps not beautiful for the life of the steel. The contact with water and also with the soap are an example. The important thing is that at the end of the shave you clean well the entire blade and the scales and walk well on the strop. Also I have never had rust problems until now.
That video was better than most shows on tv these day.
Thanks for sharing.
Would give a lot to meet that guy and watch him work on a blade for me.
Thank you Mike! As I am the one who made that video, this flatters me quite a lot! I am very glad you appreciated it. Of course, without Mastro Livi and his art, the video would not be the same!
I sincerely wish you to meet him very soon and to personally watch the making of your razor. In that case, I will be very happy to take you there and to help you with the language. My pleasure!
I guess everyone who owns a Mastro Livi straight razor is well aware of his art. You simply need to watch his razors to understand his talent and craftsmanship!
However, thank you so much! I am very glad you gentlemen here appreciate my videos about Mastro Livi and, also thank to you Stefano for having took part in my last video.
Gentlemen,
I am very glad to share my latest video about Mastro Livi with you all. It is about the true story of Mastro Livi "Classic" or "New Grind" straight razor, of which you can read more here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1304685
Enjoy!
razorguy compliments for yet another great story. I was the first to see it on youtube!:popcorn: